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Asia > India > Environment

INDIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 21 [21st of 146]
Biodiversity richness 52 [52nd of 53]
Carbon efficiency 57 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [57th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 5 [5th of 178]
Ecological footprint 109 [109th of 141]
Endangered species protection 18% [18th of 141]
Known breeding bird species 11 [11th of 146]
Known mammal species 8 [8th of 145]
Marine fish catch 10 tons [10th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 33 thousand metric tons/squ [33rd of 141]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 5 [5th of 25]
Protected area 82 [82nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 47 thousand metric tons/squ [47th of 141]
Threatened species 7 [7th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 3 [3rd of 160]
Water > Availability 93 thousand cubic metres [93rd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 32 tons/cubic km [32nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 108 mls/litre [108th of 141]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 49 thousand hectares [49th of 112]
Wildness 82% [82nd of 141]

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SOURCES: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); Caldecott, J.O., M.D. Jenkins, T. Johnson and B. Groombridge. 1994. Priorities for Conserving Global Species Richness and Endemism. In World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Biodiversity Series No. 3 (N. Mark Collins, ed.) pp. 17. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.; Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; Ecological footprint per capita
Units: Hectares per Person; Percent of CITES reporting requirements met
Units: Percent of Requirements Met
Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.; Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons; NOx emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; Includes carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal, and the flaring of natural gas.; Environmentally protected area (1997); SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; Number of Threatened Species (1990-99); Number of threatened mammal species (1997); Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation); Industrial organic pollutants per available freshwater
Units: Metric Tons of BOD Emissions per Cubic Km of Water
Units: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants. The data from the World Bank, which represented BOD emissions (kilograms per day) were normalized by the combination of water availability per capita and water inflow availability per capita from the WaterGap2.1 model. In calculating the ESI, the base-10 logarithm of this variable was used.; Phosphorus concentration
Units: Milligrams/Liter
Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.; Wetlands of international importance 2002; Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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